I dispute the US is an empire. I get that all the time from Russian propagandists saying they are fighting the expansion of the US empire but there isn't one. I'm a Brit and we used to have a real empire where you'd appoint a viceroy to run the country and build colonial headquarters and station troops and beat up or imprison the locals if they go uppity.
Calling the US an empire because it if friendly and does business with other countries is just propping up the fascist propaganda.
Calling the US an empire because it if friendly and does business with other countries is just propping up the fascist propaganda.